Massachusetts UFO Sightings in 2003

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Bright object disappears. We were driving south on RT 128 in the Peabody/Lynnfield area at dusk when I looked up and saw a bright light that appeared to be a star. I followed it as we were driving and then I just didn't see it anymore.

Didn't move or anything -- just disappeared. Then a bit down the road (about 1-1/2 minutes later) I saw what appeared to be a huge light, almost a very wide chemtrail just hovering in the sky and not moving. We were moving, of course, as we changed direction on the road, it shifted from one side of the sky to the other from our vantage point but the object never actually moved.

I eventually didn't see it anymore. It was the strangest thing I've ever seen because I've seem chemtrails and this didn't look like an ordinary one. By the way, the sky was very clear.

In fact, I could see the crescent moon. ((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous. PD)).

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Pale glowing orange, low flying, spherical object Drving home after dropping a friend off at around 1:30 in the morning we were in a small neighborhood in a wooded portion of town when I saw a small(diameter less than 1m) spherical object that was glowing a pale orange/ yellow color move across the path of the car a ways ahead and then proceed quickly up and over the trees westward away from the nearby ocean. I immediately was silent and quickly tried to discern what kind of astronomical event had just occured. I then turned to my two friends (one of whom is an experienced sky jumper and has done jumps at night) and asked if they saw the "meteor or whatever that was".

When they both broke their silence and said they had saw it as well, we all knew that it was no meteor, considering how close it was, its appearance, and its relatively slow speed. We all had watched a meteor shower on the beach before. None of us could come up with a legitimate explanation for the object and we were all a little freaked out.

I am typing this about 14 hours later and have heard no other news of the sphere and am hoping someone will see this report and confirm it.

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fading object i was on route 9 when i saw a object that looked like a white star only bigger and brighter and was not twinkling or flashing, and it started to fade away slowly. it wasnt moving only fading and then it dissapeared.

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I was on a break at work when me and a bunch of my co-workers saw the 3 shapes in the sky. They were still for a minute, then took off really quickly. None of us have any idea what they were and we're kinda freaked out.

Any ideas?.

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Bright Rod shaped craft seen shortly after sunset,; North Central Massachusetts; 10 to 1 length to width. I was watching the sunset today from my kitchen table. After the sun had fully set, I remained at the table, watching the small TV in the kitchen.

At 16:25, something caught my attention from the corner of my eye. I looked back out the window and about one fists width above the horizon and a little left of where the sun had set, there was a very bright line in the sky, about the length of my thumbnail. I first though it was a contrail, but it seemed too straigth and even, to the naked eye.

I used a pair of small birdwatching binoculars to get a better look and discovered that this likely was not a contrail. The front and back where completely flat and the length of the object was extremely straight. It was an absolutely perfect, highly elongated rectangle.

After drawing it out to the shape I saw, I come up with a length to width ratio of about 10 to 1. I was able to keep still by placing my elbow on the table and using one of the window edges (it's a three window bay window) and the siloette of a leafless tree across the way, in order to determine if there was any movement. For the first minute or so I observed the object through the binoculars, it sisn't move at all.

Then, over the next thirty seconds or so, it slowly moved about it's own length to the right, then stopped moving again. I aboserved it for another 30 seconds, then it just suddenly hanished. No fading, no perception of it zipping away, it just was gone in the blink of an eye.

I'm a sky watcher and we have frequent airliner traffic over the area, with plains coming and going from Logan airport. I know what contrails look like and landing lights, etc. This bright object was absolutely straight and of uniform width and the ends were completely flat.

The four corners of the elongated rectangular shape were perfect 90 degree angles. The perception was that this was something far way and very large. I categorize the shape as cylinder, but it was impossible to determine the shape of the object's third dimension from my vantage point.

The best I could tell, the object was perfectly parrallel to the horizon. The object was bright, likely that it was just reflecting light from the sun, which had already set from my perspective, possibility it was self illuminated?.

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Large gray object viewed for approx 30-45 sec At 15:30 I was going home after working my part time job. While attempting to make a left on to a very busy street I noticed an object in the sky. At my location it was easy to gain repeated visuals of the target as there was a fixed object (telephone pole)which the target was in close proximity (like lining up the sights on a rifle), total approx viewing time 30- 45 sec.

The object caught my eye because it reflected light from the sun (like a single mirror). The object appeared to be large and stationary (that is to say it did not appear to shrink or grow in size due to forward or reverse motion, also, it did not move Left or Right or up and down in my view of the horizon). The object appeared to be shiny gray in color and oval in shape.

As I looked at the sun in the West the object was about 45 degrees from it at my location. When I looked away (to check for on coming traffic) to make a left (heading west) the target was no longer their. I scanned the horizon to reacquire the target, but it was gone.

I do not believe it was a plane (to large, no contrails,and not the right shape), at first I thought a blimp, but I could have easily found the target again as a blimp cannot deviate so drastically as to appear to vanish. The day was cold (approx 33 degrees); the sky had very little clouds (the thin ones that are high in the atmosphere), However, nothing could have obstructed my view.

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fireballs flew in randon directions and vanished after a large flash of light Over 15 minutes 4 fireballs flew 500-600 feet above the trees and flew about in random directions. There then was a flash of light and the fireballs vanished. ((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous.

May not be a serious report. PD)).

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mezmorizeing i was out side for a cigarett and all of a sudden i look up and i see these lights comeing at me, i walk closer as a small lazer like dot flashes on the ground. i walked over to see what it was and all of a sudden something came bolting out of the bushes and knocked me out, afterwards i dont remmeber anythign on the ship.next thing i knew i was on my living room floor at about 6 in teh afternoon, i am very woried because i have been feelign an extream pain in my stomach schince then but the strange thing i i walked by my fridg adn my stomach was puklling twards it liek a magnet.

i would like you to contact me imidiatly!!.

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UFO dropped from the sky at high rate of speed. Driving back from a Thanksgiving party my girlfriend and I both noticed something strange. A light (circle) with one pulsating light in the middle (yellow) hovered in the sky for aprox eight seconds before dropping at a high rate of speed.

Nor her or I have seen a plane that looks quite like that. Nor have we seen anything drop straight towards the ground at that speed. It dropped for about two seconds before it was out of sight.

In those two seconds it covered the entire sky. We both know what planes look like and how they run, as we live near Boston (logan airport) This was not a plane. It happened somewhat near the Hockomock Swamp (the bridgewater triangle) Shortly after, a millitary style plane came acorss the area at a high rate of speed.

((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous. PD)).

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Blue/green teardrop over woburn Around 6:12 am I got out of my car to deliver a paper (I'm a paper boy). The skyline on Old Farm Rd, is huge. You can see planes taking off from Logan airport, traffic helicopter's, everything.

Now I was about a mile out from route 93 (where the helicopter's hover near boston, and about 12 miles outside of Boston itself). At that point I noticed a blue/green object stopped behind the treeline in the far distance. I thought nothing of it really (though why I don't know cause the thing was blue/green) cause I just figured it was a plane taking off facing me.

When I came back I looked up and saw two commercial airplanes in the air to the south and strangely enough, a jet leaving a smoke trail directly overhead. Then I noticed the blue green object had started to move in a direction it couldn't possibly have moved. It was huge, looked to be a weird top heavy shape with a round, thinner, bottome.

It was flashing white and red lights. Immediately I started comparing it. It was moving incredibly fast (passing my line of vision over the horizon every 5- 10 seconds).

I started to doubt it was a plane (no plane would ever fly that low) and by now was pretty freaked out because I realized I was the only one seeing this and even contemplated knocking on someone's door to get a confirmation. This thing was viewable from where I was for about 5 minutes (the view on old farm road is massive), and then it fell out of the viewable horizon. I thought it could have been a helicopter, but I don't think helicopter's are A) completely silent, and B) Glowing blue/green.

Interesting note the miltary jet that was high above my head seemed to be on an arching rise and when I saw it the smoke trail was descending. I think it might have been following it.

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The object appeared to be a small rapidly flashing light. The object was traveling Southwest at about 40 mph, at 1000-2000 ft, I noticed an airliner heading North. This airliner had the normal lights.

Suddenly the light increased speed and altitude and passed the jetliner on the left. The light continued Southwest at high speeds until it dissapeared on the horizon. The craft made no sound.

There was a helicopter shining a spotlight.

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Long Triangular Object seen around eclipse I was with some of the physics and math students at Williams College were looking at the eclipse that night and I noticed this flying object out of the corner of my eye. After further discussion, two of the other students saw it as well. We believe that it was a UFO because of its flying nature and odd shape that didn't look like a plane.

It had a definate haze around it, but one could make out three standout areas that were more luminous. It was like a triangle, but one that is very long and not very high, almost like a semi circle with ends.

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November 8 Lights over Massachusetts I happened to hear the gentleman who runs this site on a segment on Coast to Coast AM Saturday night (early Sunday 11/15) and heard the witnesses describe the sightings from over New England the night of the 8th. It was this that stirred my memory about that evening. I was DJing a benefit for a local soldier injured in Iraq and finished packing my gear about 11:45 pm on that night.

I stayed for a drink afterward and headed out about 12:15-12:30 AM. While at a stoplight I looked up at the moon and saw a light, which I thought was a plane. I did a "double-take" because I then noticed the light was part of a "V" of very faint lights, maybe 7 or 8 on each 'wing' of the V.

The V was not too wide and appeared nearly as a single line. It was very difficult to see against the ambient city lighting. The traffic light changed to green and I proceeded, I looked up again but could not locate the lights.

I thought it was odd but since there is a major air reserve base in the next town- which happens to be fairly active at this time of war- as well as an international airport close, I passed it off as an odd reflection or trick of the eyes. I was heading in a southeasterly direction at the time. As I said, had I not heard the Coast to Coast piece, I would never had thought any furthr of what I saw.

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hook shape of multiple small lights gliding silently at night during lunar eclipse A hook shape comprised of about 30 small white lights (as if two sides of a traingle) moving silently from the northeast and curving across the sky towards the northwest, where it eventually went beyond my sight line. This was during the lunar eclipse. The lights did not change configuration, no blinking.

It seemed to maintain a consistent altitude and speed. ((NUFORC Note: One of many similar reports from the New England, New Jersey, and New York City area. PD)).

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Looked like ducks flying south with lights. We were watching the lunar eclipse (with binoculars) when we observed a chevron -shaped formation traveling from East to West at a high rate of speed. The formation itself covered approximately 10 degrees of arc and traversed the entire sky in approximately 30 seconds.

With the naked eye, the formation looked like a solid boomerang, but with binoculars it was possible to discern at least 20 to 25 separate points of light. There was absolutely no sound associated with the sighting. ((NUFORC Note: One of several reports about the same phenomenon.

Other reports from New York City, as well, which should be submitted as written reports before we post new reports. PD)).

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a very lowflying massive craft spotted during lunar eclipse I was outside looking at the lunar eclipse. From the corner of my eye I saw what I thought at first were Canadian geese flying in formation. They were not geese, but a series of very dim lights outlining the front part of a massive black, triangular aircraft.

It was very quiet and very low. I watched it fly by slowly for a few seconds and quickly ran to get another witness when it was overhead. A split second later it had vanished.

The shape of the craft was not a sharp-lined triangle, but had subtle indentations almost like gigantic bird wings. It was extremely low, and almost completely silent except of a slight swishing sound when directly overhead. ((NUFORC Note: Please see numerous other reports.

PD)).

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In the clear afternoon sky I saw two bright lights moving in a random motion. It was a bright clear afternoon with only a few small clouds in the sky. It was a couple of hours before sunset.

I was walking my dog in front of Sheffield Elementary School when a light in the sky caught my attention. As I looked up I saw two bright dots of light over the school. At first I thought it must be a reflection of the sun on a commerial aircraft but I realized that wasn't the case as a watched them.

The two lights were moving in a random motion, gently zigzagging in a South West direction. I believe the objects were quite high but I cound not be certain. One of the lights stopped almost directly above me and the other light circled around it and came closer to it and stopped.

After a couple of seconds the 2nd light continued cirling around the 1st and headed in the opposite direction, the 1st light then started going in that direction, again both moving in an oscillating motion. The 2nd light made a big arc and headed South. The first light approached the 2nd light and again they both stopped for a couple seconds.

They both started heading South towards Montague Center, they moved further apart from each other and from then on kept moving in a straight line and kept getting higher as they went. By this time I had walked around to the back of the school and I was looking at them from a completely different angle so I know the brightness wasn't a reflection. As I continued to watch them a commercial jet flew across my field of view.

As I watched them go through a small thin cloud their brightness only dimmed a little, then they went into another cloud and I lost sight of them.

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soldiers observe large unidentified craft as fighters give chase we were on a observation mission south of Bahgdad watching a project building and a rotory. Our platoon was adjacent to a railroad track in a fairly large feild in a 360 degree defensive-observation formation. The night was fairly quiet only a few explosions in the distance and infrequent gun fire.

As the mission was drawing to a close on of our soldiers broke his observation position and profiles himself atop the tracks. I go to his side to see what he is doing and to tell him to get back down. As Im standing next to him he points to the horizon.

We wittness a large cigar shaped object almost at a stand still moving along the tree line approx 3/4 miles away. There were no lights on the craft and it was only visible through night vision. Many members of my platoon were wittness to the craft and the others were very aware of its presance.

Before the object was observed the radios in our humvees lost frequancy hop and went all static. As we were watching the object three fighters came off station and flew directly to the area in a extremly high rate of speed as on a troops in trouble call. When the jets gave chase the object dissapeared.

((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD)).

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Quickly, I tugged the shade hold down. Previous experience had taught me not to get mesmerized!! I awoke at 3:30a.m.

I sat up and lit a cigarette and I noticed a peculiar light reflecting on some furniture across from me. I recall thinking, that this was odd, because, there was no beam coming through the window. Just a dull vertical light reflecting on an upright cabinet.

I finished my cigarette and lay down, once again. Then I heard a faint, electrical crackling sound. I arose, and went to the window.

I dept my hand on the shade pull, because in 1991, while living in an adjacent town in an apartment situated on the perimeter, of the state forest I had experienced two traumatic experiences, which have left an indlible mind imprint. This, is why I approached the window in a cautionary manner. This, is the reason why I grasped the shade pull fully exposing myself, fully at the window to whatever, may be outside.

i am glad that I made this descret maneuver, for above the next door house was a large, rectangular shape. It was a very, bright, very white glowing object. It gave the appearance of being created from New England milk glass, which was popular in these parts, during the 19th century.

I got the distinct impression that this glowing object was very weighty. I am not good with eyeballing measurement, but I think that it was about the size of two, large, sized kitchen stoves placed side by side. The object was very still.

not moving a hair.just sitting there hovering, above my neighbor's house. ((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous.

PD)).

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Five lights fly over New Bedford Harbor in strange formation While traveling south on Route 18, at roughly 20:40. I noticed five (5) white lights flying over the highway in an odd way. They appeared to me at first to be airplanes, but after watching more closely, there were no red tail lights.

They moved across the night sky towards a transmission towers that were flashing red warning lights. At this time, the five lights appeared to hover next to these red lights, making me think they were helicopters searching for something. I turned my vehicle around to follow the white lights, and as I did, I noticed that the hovering continued until I was probably mile away from the transmission lights, when suddenly all five lights went out simultaneously.

They did not land anywhere, not did anything else appear next to them when the lights went out. All totalled the experience lasted 8-10 minutes from the time of sighting to the lights shutting off. To note the type of weather outside was partly cloudy, but warm.

The lights appeared in a well lit area overlooking New Bedford Harbor, and a highway illuminated with many lights.